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dc.contributor.author | Howkins, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Boyd, IW | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jackman, RB | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-23T14:48:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-01 | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-23T14:48:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Scientific Reports, 2018, 8 (1) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/16022 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2018 The Author(s). The inclusion of boron within nanodiamonds to create semiconducting properties would create a new class of applications in the field of nanodiamond electronics. Theoretical studies have differed in their conclusions as to whether nm-scale NDs would support a stable substitutional boron state, or whether such a state would be unstable, with boron instead aggregating or attaching to edge structures. In the present study detonation-derived NDs with purposefully added boron during the detonation process have been studied with a wide range of experimental techniques. The DNDs are of ~4 nm in size, and have been studied with CL, PL, Raman and IR spectroscopies, AFM and HR-TEM and electrically measured with impedance spectroscopy; it is apparent that the B-DNDs studied here do indeed support substitutional boron species and hence will be acting as semiconducting diamond nanoparticles. Evidence for moderate doping levels in some particles (∼10 17 B cm -3 ), is found alongside the observation that some particles are heavily doped (∼10 20 B cm -3 ) and likely to be quasi-metallic in character. The current study has therefore shown that substitutional boron doping in nm NDs is in fact possible, opening-up the path to a whole host of new applications for this interesting class of nano-particles. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.title | Nanodiamonds for device applications: An investigation of the properties of boron-doped detonation nanodiamonds | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21670-w | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Scientific Reports | - |
pubs.issue | 1 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Accepted | - |
pubs.volume | 8 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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